CNR v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP)

Facts

The Appellant, anonymised as CNR under a rule 14 order, is a recipient of Personal Independence Payment. Following her renewal claim, the Secretary of State's decision-maker allowed the claim and awarded the standard rate of both the daily living and mobility components. The Appellant appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support), which sat at Wakefield CJC on 27 August 2025 before Judge L Rawlins, Miss K Stocks and Dr B Jones. That Tribunal dismissed her appeal on the same basis, confirming the existing award and refusing to make an award of the enhanced rate of either component. The Appellant then appealed to the Upper Tribunal, advancing fourteen detailed grounds. Her first ground contended that the Tribunal had failed to correct or address a material factual error about the award period: her original award had run from 21 October 2022 to 20 October 2028, whereas the mandatory reconsideration decision of 4 December 2023 described her as having been awarded PIP "for a longer time" when the revised award in fact ran from 4 December 2023 to 3 December 2027, a reduction in duration. Permission to appeal was granted by the Upper Tribunal, and the Secretary of State's representative supported the appeal.